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| Tom Arthurs and Richard Fairhurst Postcards From Pushkin ★★★★ |
| Tuesday, 28 June 2011 14:13 | |||||||
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Babe lBDV1194| TomArthurs (fhn) and Richard Fairhurst (p). Rec. 8 July 2009 Tom Arthurs’ and Richard Fairhurst’s hypnotic debut Mesmer won the Midlands pair major plaudits back in 2007; its successor works a similarly intimate non-groove and should see the duo established as jazz’s top flugelhorn-piano outfit since… well, there haven’t been that many, have there? Theirs is a pretty special musical relationship all the same. Where its crystalline predecessor consisted of pieces written by both players, Postcards From Pushkin was composed solely by Arthurs as one of his BBC New Generation Artist commissions. The seven individual pieces (with the exception of ‘Solo’) are based on fragments of verse by Russian Romantic author Alexander Pushkin – all reprinted as part of the smart packaging for this release – and cohere to form a highly satisfying suite. Arthurs utters a series of inarticulate sighs and gasps before gradually beginning to unfold a beautifully balanced, expressive narrative over Fairhurst’s shimmering accompaniment on opener ‘The Flirt’; ‘Silence’ finds flugelhorn and trumpet locked in a skittering minimal duet – Fairhurst and Arthurs are unlikely to be criticised, as Mozart was over The Marriage of Figaro by Emperor Joseph II, for playing too many notes. There’s no shortage of memorable musical ideas, however. Close listening will be richly rewarded. – Robert Shore
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